shoot up

verb

shot up; shooting up; shoots up

transitive verb

1

: to shoot or shoot at especially recklessly

cowboys shooting up the town

2

: to inject (a narcotic drug) into a vein

intransitive verb

: to inject a narcotic into a vein

shoot-up

ˈshüt-ˌəp 

noun

Examples of shoot up in a Sentence

gas prices shot up seemingly overnight

Recent Examples on the Web

Without the liability of actors whose voices will deepen and heights will shoot up over time, Netflix can continue to exploit this IP as long as its audience desires, looking ever-more-solipsistically inward rather than branching out. —Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026

Brent crude has shot up from roughly $70 per barrel since before the war on worries about a long-term disruption to the flow of oil. —Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

However the big news was that Becerra had shot up from 4% on April 5 to 13%, topping all Democrats. —Dan Walters, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026

Gas sales at Costco shot up in the mid to upper 20% range between March 2 and April 5 compared to the same period last year, said Gary Millerchip, the company’s chief financial officer. —Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Rhymes for shoot up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup